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Resources for University Explorations course Making Sense of the Sound: The art of listening well to great music
Module 1 Resources
- What to Listen for in Music byISBN: 9781101513149
Module 2 Resources
- Understanding Music Past and PresentREAD CHAPTER 1: MUSIC FUNDAMENTALS
Understanding Music: Past and Present is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Clark, N.A., Heflin, T., Kluball, J., Kramer, E. Understanding Music Past and Present. University of North Georgia Press.
Module 3 Resources
Module 4 Resources
- Understanding Music: Past and PresentThis open source textbook contains more detailed information on the six periods of music history examinied in Module 4.
- Classical Music: An IntroductionRead chapters 1-5
Chapter 1: Early and Renaissance Music
Chapter 2: Baroque Music
Chapter 3: The Classical Period
Chapter 4: The Romantic Era
Chapter 5: Modern Music
Module 5 Resources
- How Brahms saved music from WagnerArticle about the historical feud between Brahms, Wagner, and Liszt about the value of the restrained absolute music of Brahms verses highly emotional programmatic music of Liszt and Wagner
Module 6 Resources
- The Singing Revolution, Estonia 1991Trailer for the documentary film, "The Singing Revolution"
- Rock's New Protest Era. By: KNOPPER, STEVE, Rolling Stone, 2/23/2017, Issue 1281/1282This article from Rolling Stone Magazine is a good overview of the resurgance of protest music in the Trump era.
- Interview with the director of Singing RevolutionThe director of The Singing Revolution is interviewed in this video, explaning more about the event that inspired the documentary film.
- What Protest Songs Sound Like in the Trump EraArticle by Spencer Kornhaber published in The Atlantic magazine, May 8, 2017. Outlines protest music of the first 100 days of the Trump administration.
Module 7 Resources
- Program MusicAn article explaining program music from the Encyclopedia Britannica.
Module 8 Resources
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Required Reading
What to Listen for in Music by ISBN: 9781101513149Publication Date: 2011-02-01"The definitive guide to musical enjoyment" (Forum). In this fascinating analysis of how to listen to both contemporary and classical music analytically, eminent American composer Aaron Copland offers provocative suggestions that will bring readers a deeper appreciation of the most viscerally rewarding of all art forms.
